Rivers End Tackle, Old Saybrook

• STRIPED BASS- The bass at the mouth of the Connecticut River are still going great guns and so are the anglers trying for them. Pressure is putting the bass off a bit. Its still one of the best shots at bass on light tackle. Theres a good number of bass from Chester to the Breakwater. Surface lures are still bringing the best results. From the DEP Piers theres been mixed sizes on sandworms and better sizes on bunker or mackeral chunks. Outside the River there have been bass at Southwest Reef, East Rip, the Race, Plum Gut and Hatchetts Reef. The reports from the RI Beaches have been good with schoolies.
• BLUEFISH- They are here in force. The Race and Plum Gut have been fair to good, the River has had them chopping Slug-gos all week.
• FLOUNDER- A couple of reports of flounder in Niantic and one report of some flats at the Breakwater. The season ends May 30th.
• FLUKE- They have spread out pretty well by now. Montauk,Greenport and Mattituck reports have been fair at best with the chance to hang a doormat. Fishers Island has been better and the reports from RI have been slow to start this week. There have been a number of reports from the Connecticut River of anglers catching fluke on lures meant for stripers. (Pat Abate)